Despite claims by wind and solar acolytes that China is well on its way to an all renewables powered future, apparently, the black stuff still matters. A lot.
A month or so back, Beijing banned Australian coal imports (dozens of ships loaded with Australian coal are sitting stuck in harbours along China’s south-east coast). Blackouts and power rationing, soon followed.
That China’s rise out of agrarian poverty is miraculous, is undisputed. So is its status as the world’s largest factory; exporting all manner of manufactures around the planet. Central to that has been the growth in coal-fired power generation capacity.
David Wojick takes a detailed look at what’s really powering China’s economic growth and prosperity.
China loves coal far more than wind
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David Wojick
11 January 2021
We have all heard about China building a lot of coal plants, but the central role coal plays in their booming…
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